A review by suitecake
Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth: New Poems by Alice Walker

1.0

Inconsistent, but generally bad. Prone to simple iterations on clichés, seen in $4 greeting cards and inspirational magnets on grandma's refrigerator. Frequent line breaks to the point of distraction. You get the sense that this is just a habit for Walker, and not in service of the underlying music. The effect is a superficial, unsatisfying rhythm, where each poem feels much like the next.

The only poem that really made me stop and feel was They Made Love, whereas I probably rolled my eyes a dozen times through the rest of the book.